Opera Australia’s current production La Traviata, directed by Elijah Moshinsky and first staged in 1994, is a sumptuous, desperately romantic take on the full-hearted tragedy, and it’s a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:37PMDisney princes have long played second fiddle to their princess counterparts.Now Variety is reporting a change of tune, with the studio having picked up a spec script for a live-action comed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16PMThere’s no doubt that audiences are challenged by double-crosses and deceit of the story told in Vivaldi’s opera Bajazet. But this Pinchgut Opera presentation makes it worthwhile. All el…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:01PM
The latest transatlantic transfer is curiously esoteric, concerning as it does an obscure period in the lives of two great men: Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles. The centenary of the latter…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:40PMPeter Gallagher and On the Twentieth Century each made their Broadway debuts during the same 1977 to '78 season. Since then, the musical has rarely been seen, but the actor has had one of th…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:32PMSydney’s Hayes Theatre Co is moving from strength to strength as it steadily cultivates a thriving musical theatre exploration that is starting to be felt around the country. Now High…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:19PMby STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS Earlier this year the union’s heavily-lobbied proposal to replace the 99-Seat plan was put to an “advisory referendum,” i.e. a vote of the Los Angeles membershi…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:15PMFollowing last year's recording of CRAZY FOR YOU, this year - the Stratford Festival company of CAROUSEL recorded the festival's second original cast recording. The recording is now availabl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07PMImagine one of Shakespeare’s dodgiest characters, John Falstaff, as a political advisor in modern day DC. Fired by the President he runs a K Street lobbying that employs Macbeth, Ophelia, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:02PM
There were few fireworks on Broadway during the July 4 holiday week, with most shows seeing a drop in ticket sales. “The King and I” was a rare exception.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:53PMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with musician David Geist about playing in the orchestra pits of Broadway biggest shows, moving from Broadway to the hills of Santa Fe where he opened up …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 08:53PMShows for Days, starring Patti LuPone as a ruthless regional diva and Michael Urie as a sweet stand-in for playwright Douglas Carter Beane, dramatizes Beane’s memories of his introduction …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:27PMIn upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:13PMFrom 'Nurse Jackie' to her groundbreaking stage performances; the actress and writer is all about finding solutions to our most pressing problems.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:02PMThe Jane Austen novel gets a strong adaptation in Livermore Shakes' new digs at Wente Vineyards
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:02PMMichael Frayn's Tony Award-winning drama gets its area premiere in a Little Grey Hat production... Read more »
The post 'Copenhagen' looks at a meeting of scientific minds appeared firs…
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 08:02PMToday the Producers of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS announced the all-Australian cast for the acclaimed West End revival production, which tours Australia from October this year.This much-love…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01PMGeorge M is a razzamatazz, flag-waving, tuneful, toe-tapping, tap-dancing bio-revue tailor-made for the target audiences embracing its current revival at The Wick Theatre.
But written in 19…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:01PM
This morning, producers of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS announced the cast for the new Australian production, which will tour Australia from October this year. The beloved musical will featu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:49PMImpossible! is more than just a concept and title for Happenstance Theater’s newest circus-oriented offering; it is the high bar of quality and aim that the ensemble and directors of this …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:26PMThis play by Daniel Goldfarb focuses on an older author (Eric Bogosian) who becomes obsessed with having a child, to the dismay of his wife (Jessica Hecht).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:09PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, on the heels of being named the first female African-American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland will be joining the ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PM
Which movie star sang his heart out in Little Shop? Which strip-tastic film is getting a stage adaptation? And what is Carol Burnett up to next? Find out all this and more in Stagelight’s …
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 06:53PMWhen going to see J M Barrie’s Peter Pan at the Three Sixty Theatre in Tysons Corner you have to consider the following questions. The first one is “Will my kids like it?” and t…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:42PMThe August Wilson Center for African American Culture and Mark Clayton Southers are planning a joint comeback with a production of “The Piano Lesson” in November.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:24PMMisty Copeland's big year is about to get bigger: Time 100 cover girl and the American Ballet Theater's first black principal will make her Broadway debut in On the Town in a special two-wee…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:19PMA memorial will be held for Russ Tutterow at 6:30 p.m. July 13 at the Goodman Theatre, with doors opening at 6 p.m. in the Albert space. Tutterow, the former artistic director of Chicago Dra…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:15PMBig news, sailors! Misty Copeland, who was just named the first-ever African-American female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, will make her Broadway debut as Ivy&nb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMThe long July 4 weekend may have seen hot bodies seeking refuge in air-conditioned seats but they weren’t in cooling down in Broadway theaters. The 28 shows were off 13% from the previ…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:13PMWHEN LARRY MET ORSON AND KEN AND IT DIDN’T GO WELL… Sir Larry spreads his arms wide in the rehearsal room and moans “I am a giant in chains!” His director rolls his e…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:12PM
Dear #LAThtr and manga fans!
Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews.
Here’s the newest Exit Review for the play Astro Boy…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:03PMCopeland will sing onstage for the very first time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Taye Diggs stopped by 'Live with Kelly and Michael' to talk about the physical demands of playing HEDWIG.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMAs BWW reported earlier today, during a recent performance of Broadway'sHand to God, an audience member quietly made his way up on the stage of the hit comedy to plug his cell phone in to wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival and Papal Productions Michael Chase Gosselin are pleased to welcome Gilbert L. Bailey II The Book of Mormon, Sam Bolen It's a Bird...it's Superman, Brit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMDate: 4 july 2015 Upstaged Rating: Toby and Jess are a successful young couple, deeply in love with each other and with the world at their feet, they appear to have everything. Well al…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:42PMThe Fourth of July holiday threw a wrench into the Broadway box office last week, prompting declines at almost every single production but for a few exceptions — including, notably, &#…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:29PMPlaybill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the holiday weekend.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Release Album
Annoyed that you missed Alan Menken and Stephen …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:26PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 762015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMDionysos Cup Festival of New Plays - Polarity Ensemble Theatre is offering comp tickets July 9 - 19 to anyone responsible for selecting or recommending scripts for their company's season. Em…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:16PM-- The DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival showcases local, national and international artists leading Hip-Hop's multi-medium expression with dance, workshop and classes.
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 05:04PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights!
Rea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:04PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 5th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 05:01PMTHE AMERICANS Tracy Letts wrote a bleak comedy in 2007 that sold a lot of tickets, won a bunch of prizes and ensured his writing career at least a footnote in the big books. August: Osage Co…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:01PMRon Cephas Jones leads free Classical Theatre of Harlem production of "The Tempest"
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:00PMPenn Jillette and Teller make their long-awaited return to the Broadway stage tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, when Penn & Teller On Broadway begins performances at the Marquis Theatre (46th S…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:00PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Idina Menzel, who has crossed over from the Broadway stage to the Billboard charts, is still surprised that she's able to sell concert tickets like a proper pop star....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:00PMA new production of Rossini's "William Tell" has caused a stir at London's Royal Opera House in recent days due to a graphic rape scene showing a female character being assaulted by a gr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:00PMGreen Day, Lerner and Loewe and "Fun Home's" Jeanine Tesori bring beautiful music to area stages this week.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00PMCall Answered: Live from 54 Below, "Call Me Adam" catches up with the legendary Charles Busch to talk about his new show "That Girl/That Boy" at 54 Below July 14, 16, 17, 23 at 7pm! "That Gi…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:00PM
When the all-male musical foursome Well-Strung released their new video 'Chelsea's Mom' on YouTube just over a week ago, the resulting chain of events was something that not even the most po…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY TheBard SummerScapefestival presents an entirely new way to experienceOklahoma, Rodgers and Hammerstein's quintessential celebration of the American frontier. Starrin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMMeeting with TCG's Canadian counterpart, we recognize common challenges---and a common need for a broader perspective.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:45PMWriters and titles for the eight musicals in the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals have been announced.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 04:42PMAward-winning director, educator, and multimedia theatre artist becomes the fifth leader in the history of the 45-year-old children's theare company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:41PMLong before "Jaws" (let alone "Sharknado") ever existed, a series of shark attacks off the New Jersey coast in 1916 rattled the nation. But as Dan Caffrey's "Matawan" suggests, there were lo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:41PMAmerica may have celebrated jettisoning the monarchy in 1776 this weekend, but on Broadway The Lion King continued its reign. The long-running musical brought in a massive $2,143,344 this w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMThe Broadway community has lots of love to send todayto the Dalai Lama for his 80th birthday. Check out kind worlds from the casts of THE KING AND I, FINDING NEVERLAND, FUN HOME and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMThree productions with themes of imagination and creativity by the likes of Mo Willems and the creators of 'The Fantasticks' are on for the children's theatre's 10th season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PM
Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 752015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Below, you will find weekly updates on full priced tickets, discounts, availability for the hottest productions, and locations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMOn the heels of being named the first female African-American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, BroadwayWorld reported earlier today thatMisty Copeland will be joining the ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMBoasting an electrifying and charismatic stage presence, Harry Connick Jr. is one of those legendary entertainers — a stylish showman for whom virtually any stage seems too small and any e…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:54PMLater this week, 106.7 LITE FM will kick off its highly-anticipated, 15th annual lunchtime theatre summer series, '106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park.' The 2015 program will present the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMA new revival of Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty's 'Loving Repeating' celebrates the life and language of the influential American expat writer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PMName: Rhys GilyeatHometown: Gilbert, AZEducation: Private StudySelect Credits: Tarzan (MUNY), December '63, Four Seasons Tribute (Frankie), All Shook Up (Arizona Broadway).Why theater?: I wa…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:43PMChosen from among 223 blind submissions, the Festival of New Musicals' 8 offerings include immigrant cab drivers, online monsters, and hip-hop Shakespeare.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:35PMBeaches, the new Broadway-bound musical based on the 1988 film of the same title, officially opened its tryout July 2 at the Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago. The production has been announ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMHot on the heels of the news that Misty Copeland will be the first African-American female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, came the announcement that she will make her Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMMisty Copeland is having a helluva week! After being named the first African-American prima ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre a few days ago, it's now been announced that she will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThe New Group will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur, directed by Scott Elliott. Previews begin August 5 in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 480 West 42nd …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PM"Broadway Boroughs," brought to you by Playbill.com, takes viewers inside the neighborhoods and homes of actors, directors and designers in the theatre community. The TV show's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMRECOMMENDED If I were asked to describe Cock And Bull Theatre’s “Voyage” in one word, that word would be “Ridiculous.” But I don’t mean that strictly as a negative. The piece is …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMYou no longer have to show up at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to try and win cheap tickets to the 2013 Tony-winning musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMSh-K-Boom will capture the recent stage production and preserve Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz's score.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMTheater for the New City's company will offer free performances in parks and playgrounds throughout NYC's five boroughs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Three-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters will sign copies of her newly published third children’s book, "Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever," July 11 at noon in Shub…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMGallagher’s work has never gone stale because the actor keeps things both cool and committed.
The post <em>On the Twentieth Century</em> Interview with Peter Gallagher appeared…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:50PMWhen you think of Samuel Beckett, you instantly think of Waiting for Godot. But the avant-garde writer’s repertoire is much deeper. Like Godot, Happy Days is another rich language play abo…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:38PMDevon Staples, who portrayed a range of Disney characters including BEAUTY AND THE BEAST's Gaston at Orlando's Walt Disney World, died in a horrific fireworks accident during a backyard cele…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMAs BroadwayWorld exclusively reported last month, Paper Mill Playhouse's recent production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, based on the novel by Victor Hugo and the Disney animated film, may…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PM"Broadway Boroughs," brought to you by Playbill.com, takes viewers inside the neighborhoods and homes of actors, directors and designers in the theatre community. The TV show's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMThe show: "South Pacific" at Ivoryton Playhouse
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:21PMWest Yorkshire Playhouse is to stage a new production of Richard III as part of the venue’s first season under a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:14PMNational Theatre Wales and Wales Millennium Centre are to collaborate for the first time on a series of projects celebrating the centenary
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:14PMTracie Bennett has replaced Janie Dee as the lead in Theatre Royal Bath’s Mrs Henderson Presents. Dee was cast in the titular
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:14PM“KINKY BOOTS” LOTTERY GOES DIGITAL! NEW ONLINE TICKET DRAWING TO BEGIN MONDAY, JULY 13 New York, NY (July 6, 2015) – Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that …
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 02:11PMThe small theater hit "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti" was adapted by Hartford playwright Jacques LaMarre from the memoir by Giulia Melucci about how large a role food can play in stimula…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:11PM“It’s not as if actors can only work in respectful silence.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:01PMProducers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced July 7 that the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots will implement a new digital lottery, allowing potential audience members to purchase $37 d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMHilaria Baldwin took to Instagram to share the first official family portrait, featuring husband Alec, newborn baby boy Rafael and the couple's older daughter, Carmen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY star Kristin Chenoweth turned to Twitter to share a patriotic shot of a 'Pushing Daisies' backstage reunion.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMProducersDaryl RothandHal Luftigannounced today thatKinky Boots has implemented a new digital lottery, allowing potential audience members to purchase 37 day-of tickets from anywhere.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, the new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and the animated Disney film, which had a run at the Paper Mill Playhouse this past spring, has been recorded by S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMBy Velina Brown
Q: I'm currently working on my first Equity theatre gig. We are two weeks into the run with a month left to go. The show is wonderful, the actors are wonderful, the com…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 02:00PMThe Tony-winning team behind Once is expected to be at the helm.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe two-day event will run at New World Stages.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Name: Riley ThomasHometown: River Forest, ILEducation: Real Life UniversityWhy theater?: Art is the only thing in the world capable of effectively placing a new thought into someone's head. …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:49PMThe West End’s most expensive ticket has increased by 33% year-on-year, as the average best price seat for a musical tops £100,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:49PMMisty Copeland is bringing her enviable talent to Broadway. For two weeks only, the American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American principal dancer is set to star in On the Town. Copelan…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:47PMA few years ago I had a meeting with a PhD advisor in the US to talk through the proposed chapter breakdown for my dissertation. When discussing the key components of my final chapter I co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:38PMOriginal cast members from Broadway's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee reunite for a special ten-year anniversary concert tonight at Town Hall. Before they hit the stage, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMDavid and Lisa by James Reach Adapted from the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin and the Screenplay by Eleanor Perry Owl Gate Theatre presents David and Lisa at The Bryn Mawr School’s Ce…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:27PMPerformances at Landor Theatre – Tuesday 18th August – Sunday 13th September 2015 This new production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, presented by SDWC Productions, mar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:13PM“Upon receiving his phone back, he asked the usher, ‘Well, where *can* I charge it?'”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:10PMOscar winner J.K. Simmons heard the sweet sounds of Broadway’s Amazing Grace on July 2 at the Nederlander Theatre. Click for photos from his visit!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMBay Area Theatre News
• Berkeley Rep Gives 1,000 Free Anna Deavere Smith Tickets to Nonprofit Groups
• Bay Area Children’s Theatre Receives $100,000 Disney Grant
• …
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 01:00PM
Anne-Marie Duff, Rosalie Craig and Charles Edwards, all of whom have appeared regularly at the National in the past, will each return in new productions in the fall. Dates have also been…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMWe have to agree with The New York Times' Ben Brantley, who wrote that Ellen Greene, reprising the role that made her a star, and Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, as down-on-his…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMSpring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik, who already has new projects in the pipeline for Broadway and Off-Broadway, will roll out yet another new project, Noir, as part of the upcoming N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMGearing up for the off-Broadway arrival of Mrs. Smith, the leading lady recently hit the streets in order to get some help in naming her new show. Check out the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThe BMI Foundation has announced nine members of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as the winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, encompassing the Jerry Harrington Awards F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThe Old Globe's newest Viola talks about same-sex attraction in Shakespeare, playing against type, and the wonders of Fiona Shaw.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
One of the most exciting features of the current fairground-cluster that is London Wonderground on the South Bank is the focus on late night cabaret. In the summer months…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:45PMNational Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the line up of new musicals for their 27th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which takes place on Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMToday, The New York Daily News featured an article on Shaiman's remarks and shared Fortier's response to Shaiman from an email she had written to him. Following the article, Marc Shaiman pos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMIt's the 20th anniversary of Broadway's tender and funny, smart and sexy Victor Victoria and the Ogunquit Playhouse is celebrating by mounting a full-scale glamorous production of the musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMIt's the 20th anniversary of Broadway's tender and funny, smart and sexy Victor Victoria and the Ogunquit Playhouse is celebrating by mounting a full-scale glamorous production of the musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMRehearsal images and show recordings have been released for Rachel Kavanaugh's production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:34PMThe production premieres at the Arcola Theatre 7 July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:34PMFor successive generations of British television audiences from the early 1960s to the middle of the 1980s, Val Doonican presented a softer,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMFEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: NICK GANDIELLO At the Finish will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Tuesday August 4th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Nick Gandiello is a playwright,…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 12:30PM“Closure” is a potboiler revolving around several red herrings and a MacGuffin. Translation: The world-premiere play at New Jersey Repertory Company is a fairly standard noir mystery/thr…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 12:24PMPreludes looks promising at the start when the house lights don’t dim but snap off to take us by surprise and leave us in complete darkness.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:15PMNEW YORK (AP) -- There's not much to do in eastern Idaho in the winter. It's freezing, windy and depressing. Why not create a musical?...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:11PMThis season put a lot of new hits on the boards, but none of them bigger than An American in Paris, which grossed a whopping $1.4mm last week (and I expect that number will get bigger as we…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:11PMThere’s a new star cracking jokes in the Broadway comedy Fish in the Dark—Jason Alexander! The Seinfeld favorite knows a thing or two about channeling playwright Larry David, so …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMThe National Alliance for Musical Theater has set the slate for its 2015 Festival of New Musicals, the annual showcase of new work that attracts commercial and regional stage producers from …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTony winners Gabriel Ebert and Nikki M. James star in this new musical drama about Sergei Rachmaninoff.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe play is set on the day of Richard Nixon's funeral as five presidents gather to send him off.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMFind out which performances will star Muñoz in the Hamilton title role on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
The Playwright’s Playground – The Playmakers CATF 2015: Playwright Barbara Hammond on We Are Pussy Riot This Special Edition of The Playwright’s Playground begins ‘The Playma…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58AMLeading theatre figures have condemned the government’s plans for GCSE reform, warning that the proposed English Baccalaureate would “starve the industry of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMChannel 4 is to launch a new writing programme aimed at developing writers from diverse backgrounds. Studio4 will run over 12 months
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMTickets are now available to see Allegiance, a new musical starring George Takei and Tony winner Lea Salonga. Takei stars as Sam Kimura, a Japanese-American man looking back on his family…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:57AMJavier Munoz will star star as Alexander Hamilton once a week in the Broadway production of Hamilton, producer Jeffrey Seller announced July 6. The show's creator, Lin-Manuel Mira…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMA shoulder twisted out of its socket? A back flip from the second floor of a building? Those are just the sort of show-stopping moves turning New York’s latest street dance craze into an i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMStrawdog Theatre Company says it will be leaving its longtime home at 3829 N. Broadway in June 2016 and is looking for a new home.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:52AMGugu Mbatha-Raw, who recently starred in the films "Belle" (winning the 2014 BIFA Award) and "Beyond the Lights" and has also starred in "Larry Crowne" oppo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMAfter making history as the American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American female principal dancer, Misty Copeland is headed to Broadway for another career milestone. Copeland will m…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:44AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of July 6-12, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Javier Muoz will star as Alexander Hamilton, 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' once a week in the Broadway production of Hamilton.Hamilton w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMDuring a recent performance of Broadway's HAND TO GOD, an audience member quietly made his way up onthe stage of the hit comedy to plug his cell phone in to what he believed to be a working …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMIt is July, which means that most summer stock seasons are halfway over! This also means that the excitement and perfectionism when performing the show day after day has since worn off, and …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:31AMIt's nice that people feel at home at Broadway theatres — but perhaps they shouldn't feel this at home.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMPenn Jillette and Teller make their long-awaited return to the Broadway stage tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, when Penn amp Teller On Broadway begins performances at the Marquis Theatre. The prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMDave Malloy's new musical Preludes, currently playing Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater, has been extended for an additional two weeks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMJust last week, Justin Guarini hosted The New York Musical Theatre Festival's Annual Press Conference at Urbo 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036. As a part of the special presentation, cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMIn anticipation of his July 7th concert at the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival, award-winning musical theatre writer Joel B. New sat down with Shakina Nayfack, an actress appearing in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMHere are pictures from the kids of THE LION KING, DREAM STREET, FUN HOME, MATILDA, RUTHLESS!, and KINKY BOOTS!
SOURCE: youngbway.org at 11:21AMAmerican Ballet Theater's first African-American prima ballerina is also the new star of Broadway's On the Town, and here are five videos of Misty Copeland doing her thing.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:13AMToday is the birthday of British character actor Sebastian Cabot (1918-1977). American fans who know him best as Brian Keith’s lovable Gentleman’s Gentleman on Family Affair w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:10AMtheatreWashington, which promotes Washington-area theater throughout the country, announced last week that it is delaying the implementation of its controversial minimum pay requirements for…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:10AMThe U.K’s National Theatre has released more details for its upcoming July 2015-January 2016 season. Highlights include Broadway alum Anne-Marie Duff (Macbeth) headlining D.H. Law…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMLearn all you can about acting in the timeless plays of the Bard at Red Bull Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
By Phil Weaver-Stoesz. In the first of a series of posts exploring positive practices and principles for theatremakers, Phil Weaver-Stoesz writes about the value of listening in the process …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:59AMDaniel Fish’s excavation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic at Bard College asks that we listen with virgin ears to the show that changed the Broadway musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:57AMThis astonishing institution is an exhilarating combination of art and sport, beauty and speed, balletic skill and kitschBetween engagements at the Manchester international festival, I nippe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMThe outspoken standup talks about teenage bad behaviour, panel shows and the ‘stubborn’ iPhone pest who inspired her Manchester international festival showThe seeds of Sara Pascoe’s Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMHero Ventures announced that The Marvel Experience: The World’s First Hyper-Reality Tour has suspended its 2015 Summer Tour following its engagement in Philadelphia, which ended July 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMBy Dennis Polkow “You know, you should start thinking about symphonic suites from your shows because you’re going to need them someday,” conductor and longtime Stephen Sondheim collabo…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:35AMDirector John Tiffany and librettist Enda Walsh, the Tony-winning team behind Once, are working on a stage musical adaptation of the animated Disney film classic "Pinocchio," a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMTanglewood Music Festival's All American Concert with John Douglas Thompson Thrilling Narration for Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait"
SOURCE: www.curtainup. com at 10:19AMAfter a sold-out two-week NYC solo concert debut last fall at 54 Below, Jeremy Jordan returnedthis summer with a brand new show. Below, check out exclusive photos of Jeremy in action
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMFull casting is announced for Green Day's explosive award-winning Broadway musicalAmerican Idiotas it blasts into the UK from 17July, at The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square. Check out a first…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMWilliam Shakespeare is well represented this week, along with iconic musicals and children's shows from Wisconsin to Missouri.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:16AMAfter Walk-in at the hit Broadway Musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The bartenders have congregated in the lounge to close out and divvy gratuities…the opening number has started wh…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMBy HowlRound TV. The Dramatists Guild of America presents the 2015 National Conference: Writing the Changing World in La Jolla, California livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer pro…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:09AMThere was a blinding lightning flash and Maxine Peake slammed onto the stage her face ten inches from mine, consumed with an unspeakable intensity and ferocity. In this re-envisioning of Car…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:07AMIt begins in darkness. Not a cold negative darkness. But a warm velvety one. A sound like clapping is heard. But the rhythm is complex, stuttering, syncopated, pulsing like a message – a m…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:07AMBy Sharon Hoyer Ahmad Simmons and Kacie Smith are the recipients of the Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Grant. Their project, “THEM” is a dance theater exploration of fear, love and the ba…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:07AMMy idea to tell the story of Ina Ray Hutton came about by accident. I was looking for an audition song on Youtube, and a black and white video kept popping up in the search results. I wasn�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMI had no idea what I was getting into when I started to work on straight on til moUrning. Tori [Bertocci] and I met a month after last year’s Fringe festival had ended and we thought �…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMCopeland was recently announced to be the first African-American woman named principal dancer for the company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Faye Garrit is an immediately recognizable William Inge woman: anxious, unmoored and yearning for something more, whether it be finding a purpose in her superficial life or just making it wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56AMA cast recording of the Stratford Festival's production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Carousel is now available for purchase online.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMA handy-dandy guide to seven newish summer arts festivals in the Boston area. They are all free of charge.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:52AMSummer sizzles as Broadway and beyond heats up with new productions and some old favorites. Here’s what The Broadway Blog recommends this month… Penn & Teller on Broadway For 40 year…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:52AMAny medium scale regional theatre programmer with an interest in finding a local audience for modern dance would have been green with envy if they had joined me and hundreds of others to see…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:49AMThe dancer, who recently made history as the first African-American woman to become a principal with American Ballet Theatre, will step into the show for two weeks this summer.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:47AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news The original cast of 'SPELLING BEE' re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMTony nominee Vanessa Williams tied the knot in front of family and friendswith longtime beau Jim Skrip in a patriotic fourth of July ceremony.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMHappy Birthday Claude-Michel Schonberg Schonberg is best known for his collaborations with the lyricist Alain Boublil. Thier stage musical version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, which open…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMHAIRSPRAY composer Marc Shaiman used Facebook to 'unfriend' actress and longtime friend Fortier followingher recent disapproval on social media of a marriage between two mutual male friends.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMTony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's residency at SubCulture continues July 6 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMDamian Cruden's production will continue to run at the Kings Cross Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:26AMEdwards joins Anne-Marie Duff and Rosalie Craig who also feature in Rufus Norris' first year as artistic director
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:26AMSTOCKBRIDGE – Ira Levin’s comedy thriller Deathtrap opens the Berkshire Theatre Group’s summer season at the Fitzpatrick Main Stage in Stockbridge. A record breaker as Broadway’s…
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 09:17AMMisty Copeland will make her Broadway debut in 'On The Town.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:17AMThe 20th edition of the Lincoln Center Festival, which runs from today, July 6, through August 2, 2015will unfold in six venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus. There will be a total of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMThe Public Theaterpresents NAATCO's acclaimed production of AWAKE AND SING this summer for a limited engagement beginning tonight, July 6.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMHAIRSPRAY composer Marc Shaiman used Facebook to 'unfriend' actress and longtime friend Fortier followingher recent disapproval on social media of a marriage between two mutual male friends.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMOn Monday, June 6th the Theater People Podcast welcomes two-time Tony winnerMichael Cerveris. The star of stage and screenwon his second Tony Award last month for his turn as Bruce Bechdel i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMThe Muny presents Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, beginning tonight, July 6, and running through July 12, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMOn PBS's A CAPITOL FOURTH, legendary singer Barry Manilow performed America the Beautiful and One Voice with the National Symphony Orchestra. C
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMOn PBS's A CAPITOL FOURTH, CATS star Nicole Scherzinger performed a moving rendition of 'If I Loved You' from Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMTonight, July 6, SubCulture will continue its new concert series, curated by the renowned Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, and director, Jason Robert Brown. Each unique perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AM
The Memorial to Japanese American Patriotism in World War II sits quietly in the shadow of our lawmakers in Senate Park. In its center is a sculpture of two Japanese cranes caught in barbed …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:57AMJuly 4, 1872 was the birthdate of Harry Tate (Ronald McDonald Hutchinson), star of the British music hall, who also made some tours of America and Australia. His stage name was taken from hi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:57AMMichael MustoMoviesmagic mikechanning tatumMichael MustoPictured: Dito Montiel | Courtesy of Starz Digital
Robin Williams is haunting in the film Boulevard (which opens in select theaters t…
SOURCE: Out at 08:30AMThe nine original cast members of the hit Broadway musical, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Derrick Baskin, Deborah S. Craig, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Dan Fogler, Lisa Howard, Jose…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27AMRacky Plews' production opens at the Arts Theatre 17 July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:21AMDenise Gough and Greta Scacchi join Headlong for upcoming productions of The Glass Menagerie and People, Places and Things
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:21AMThe Piano Man is now a Married Man Legendary singer Billy Joel wed fiance Alexis Roderick in a surprise ceremony held on Saturday.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMRosalie Craig, Louise Brealey and Charles Edwards have all been cast in upcoming productions at the National Theatre. Craig is to play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AM
On Friday I drove from Connecticut to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, home of the Shaw Festival, about which I’ll be writing in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. I made the seven-hour trip by …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22AMEcho Brown's 'Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters' tackles race, sex and income inequality with a no-holds-barred autobiographical approach.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:20AMThe Louvin Brothers sing “Hoping That You’re Hoping” on TV in 1956: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMThe National Theatre has announced its new booking period, running from July 2015 to January 2016, with several new productions and some big names – including Anne-Marie Duff, whose pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:13AMBallerina Misty Copeland has another breakthrough planned — a debut on Broadway.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:09AMJust days after breaking racial barriers in ballet, Misty Copeland has her toes pointed toward Broadway.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:09AMMisty Copeland, who recently became the American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American female principal dancer, will make her Broadway debut in the revival of “On The Town.”
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:09AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Ballerina Misty Copeland, who just became the first African-American woman to be a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, has another breakthrough planned - a debu…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:09AMAussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to the Australian premiere of Lisa D’Amour’s award-winning comedy Detroit at the Darlinghurst Theatre on Friday 17 July. Set amidst a cr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:07AMAfter 44 years, famed arena for The Bard's work nears time for eyes to look their last.
SOURCE: www.thespectrum.com at 07:05AMMonday morning at the Riding House Cafe is business breakfast meeting o’clock. As cafes go, it’s very London 2015: Shoreditch chic cleaned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“When it comes to regret, everyone’s a winner! It’s the jackpot you are guaranteed to win.” Geoff Dyer, “Over and Out”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
The production opened at the Manchester Palace Theatre last week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:18AMFollowing recent speculation about a National Theatre/Disney co-production of Pinocchio, Matt Trueman asks 'is this a legitimate use of public money?'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:18AMJohn Retallack and George Mann direct poet Owen Sheers' play inspired by interviews with British soldiers
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:18AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
Matilda this show is not – the original and the adaptation are thin fare in comparison with the disturbing and multi-layered creations of Dahl and his later creative ad…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:01AMPeter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Educational Theatre Association’s Thespian Festival in Lincoln, NE, Little Shop of Horrors @ Encores! Off-Center, It …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00AM
Reporting for duty to the field I've had my eye on for decades.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:49AMDrama school students from across the UK have been awarded thousands of pounds in bursaries by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) to complete their studies. Nineteen students from twenty�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:45AMThe Olivier Award-winning production of Mike Kenny’s stage adaptation of E. Nesbit’s novel The Railway Children – Live on Stage will be extending its run at King’s Cross Theatre unti…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:40AMBy Stephen Collins
Viewed one way, Hoffman's play is not a play about AIDS and its repercussions; it is a play about ignorance, discrimination and fear. Viewed that way, it is still a play o…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:33AMMisty Copeland is having a helluva week! After being named the first African-American prima ballerina at the American Ballet Theater a few days ago, she will now make her Broadway debut in O…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:27AMShakina Nayfack is the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory and the first transwoman to be honored with a Lilly Award recognizing the remarkable contributions to the America…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 05:27AMMaxine Peake stars as Churchill's diabolical diva in this revival at the Royal Exchange
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:16AMMichael Coveney reviews 'one of the most beautiful dance pieces' he's ever seen
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:16AMBy Stephen Collins
Watching Julie Atherton, Simon Lipkin, Gina Best and Samuel Holmes work their magic, individually, in couples, and as a quartet, it was difficult not to wonder if there wa…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:11AMShakespeare aside, is there any playwright more quotable than Oscar Wilde? And, of all his plays, is there any more quoted than his 1895 comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest? A…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:08AM
This troupe from North Carolina has managed to hit all the right prog-rock targets with music that has sweep, depth, and texture while avoiding pretension.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:43AMMISS SAIGON receives the documentary treatment, again
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37AMOn the heels of being named the first female African-American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, The New York Timesis reporting thatMisty Copeland will be joining the cast of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, July 5, 2015 - Sunday, July 5, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26AMThe 20th edition of the Lincoln Center Festival, which plays six venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus, launches July 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM"It's a really truthful, smart and sophisticated story about how 17-year-olds live in the world today," Tony-nominated director Michael Greif says, "and it'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AMThe Muny production of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn plays the St. Louis venue July 6-12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AMThe Public Theater presents The National Asian American Theatre Company's production of Awake and Sing!, one of playwright Clifford Odet's most acclaimed works. Set in the Bronx duri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AMOriginal cast members of the hit Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee reunite for a special one-night-only ten-year anniversary concert July 6 at 7:30 PM a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AMThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, the new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and the animated Disney film, which had a run at the Paper Mill Playhouse this past spring, has been recorded by S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1939 A young Hollywood hopeful is forced to watch her own career fizzle as her boyfriend's blossoms in Lew Brown's new musical, Yokel Boy. Lois January and Buddy Ebsen star in the ne…
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